We place great trust in our ministers to use their positions and powers only for the best interest of all congregants and never to take advantage of others for their personal gratification. Clergy sexual misconduct harms both the individuals involved and the church as a whole because it breaches the minister’s covenant with the entire congregation. We expect our ministers to understand and abide by the Unitarian Universalist Ministers Association (UUMA) Code of Professional Practice.
Like Ministers, the Director of Religious Education (DRE) has a special trust relationship with the congregation and must never misuse the authority and power inherent in the position to exploit, manipulate or take advantage of any child, adolescent, young adult or adult participant for personal gratification. This includes, but is not limited to sexual or physical misconduct or sexualized behavior. We expect the DRE to fully understand and abide by the Liberal Religious Educators Association’s Code of Professional Conduct. This Code can be found at the LREDA website: http://www.lreda.org/.
Similar to Ministers and the DRE, the Director of Music and other staff must take great care to maintain the special trust relationship with the congregation. We expect staff to fully understand and abide by their respective ethical codes (i.e. Unitarian Universalist Musicians Network Code of Professional Practices, Association of Unitarian Universalist Administrators Code of Professional Practices).